I would like to thank everyone who made suggestions for a
Paris hotel near the Louvre. I have not made a final
selection but I wonder how people decide to make a
reservation - either from the hotel website or a site that
offers better prices.

I see that there is a reasonable penalty, if any, from hotel
websites but it appears that one has to pay immediately with
our credit card if we order from a regular travel site.

Do you all just gamble that it is worth the savings to use a
travel search engine and has anyone tried to cancel a
reservation on a travel website after it has been charged to
your card?

I am only in Paris for three days and it appears that there
is a small spread between hotel websites and travel sites.

I did recently use the internet for a Hilton Hotel
reservation and there was only nine dollars difference
between the hotel's site and several other websites.